Mr. Schwab English I 11 March‚ 2013 A Raisin in the Sun In Lorraine Hansberry’s significant novel‚ A Raisin in the Sun‚ the Youngers‚ an African-American family‚ struggle to maintain happiness and harmony in their middle-class household. The central characters in the novel each has a specific dream or dreams that they strive to make a reality. Lena Younger‚ also known as Mama‚ desires a family house where she‚ her children and grandchild could live comfortably. Ruth‚ Lena’s daughter-in-law
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wouldn’t do anything like that as she walks in‚ she says "Yes I would too Walter. I gave her a five-dollar down payment." (1.2.75). Ruth’s dream of having a baby is dried up when she knows they can’t support another child in the household. Lena Younger has always dreamed of a garden with beautiful flowers in her own yard next to her own house. But she is devastated when she hears that Walter took the rest of money for the house and Beneatha’s school money and gave it to Willy Harris who literally
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with Lena‚ Effie‚ and their mother. “The pants were folded innocently on a shelf by the counter where you pay. I figured maybe they’d been washed. Also‚ they were only $3.49 including tax. I didn’t even try them on‚ so you can tell I wasn’t serious about owning them. My butt has specific requirements for pants.” -Carmen This summer was big for the newborn Sisterhood. It was the first summer they’d be separated. Carmen: She was going to South Carolina to “hang out” with her dad. Lena: She
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sort of financial stability‚ or the American Dream. This correlates to the play A Raisin in the Sun because Mama‚ Walter‚ Ruth‚ and Beneatha had a dream of their own. In a way all four of these individuals have the same vision for the future. Lena Younger (“Mama”)‚ Walter and Beneatha’s mother. The matriarch of the family‚ Mama is religious‚ moral‚ and maternal. She wants to use her husband’s insurance money as a down payment on a house with a backyard to fulfill her dream for her family to move
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conversation with his sister Lena‚ Milkman starts to gain momentum to search for his identity. The importance of this discovery is in the fact that throughout his life‚ Milkman has always viewed himself as a victim of his situation‚ not a contributor to the issue. In return‚ as noted by Barbara Cooper‚ this marks progress for his process of self-discovery because it is measured “by a series of episodes during which he discovers his relationship to his family” (146). Although younger‚ Milkman displays an
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Anthropology The Joy Luck Club Film Analysis The Wayne Wang’s film‚ Joy Luck Club‚ based on a novel by Amy Tan‚ tells a story of eight women. The movie is a tale of four mothers and their four daughters and their struggles through out life. The film is divided into four sections; where each mother and her corresponding daughter tell their story from their perspectives. A theme of pain and suffering encompasses each mother’s story‚ while a fear of being a disappointment is a central theme
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day would show him a different life period. “When I turned back to my room the place seemed much pleasanter than before. Lena had left something warm and friendly in the lamplight” (173). Spring brought a new beginning for Lena and Jimmy’s friendship and love. From the theater nights to the morning breakfasts‚ Jim and Lena cultivated their relationship during this warm season. Lena was not only a pretty and lovely girl to Jim‚ but also a good friend that brought him memories of spring for a lifetime
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racially divided neighborhood and the last black folks to live their left because of the white people. According to the book they got “bombed out”. Many of the characters had their own tone though. Ruth Younger was a more about doing everything just to please Walter Lee making her tone caring. Lena Younger “Mama” was all about buying a house and doing things for Travis‚ making her tone many‚ Caring‚ Dependable‚ and Reliable causing her to be a more neutral character. Walter and Ruth’s son Travis always
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the baby she is pregnant with‚ or having the baby and worrying about another mouth to feed. All the way up until the Younger family moves into the prejudiced‚ white neighborhood of Clybourne Park‚ Ruth seriously considers aborting her baby. Diana Mafe says‚ “Although the abortion in Raisin never occurs‚ the possibility of abortion remains not only a source of conflict for Ruth Younger‚ wife to the protagonist Walter Lee‚ but also an indication of her desperate yet no less valid agency as a woman” (Mafe)
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demographic aspect but also in the cultural condition. Contrasting the Harlem Renaissance’s feat of spreading African American culture‚ current isolation of Black communities prevents the scope of Black cultural influence to widen. Moreover‚ Beneatha Younger‚ a character from 20th century playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s piece A Raisin in the Sun further reveals where this cultural confinement seed from. Beneatha’s search for her African identity and rejection of assimilationist ideals serve as a response
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